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CJK fonts!
| CIDFont Name | Most Common Base Font | Typical Use Case | |--------------|----------------------|------------------| | CIDFont+F1 | KozMinPro-Regular (Adobe Japanese) | Body text in Japanese documents | | CIDFont+F2 | KozMinPro-Bold | Headings or emphasis in CJK | | CIDFont+F3 | AdobeMingStd-Light | Chinese (Simplified or Traditional) | | CIDFont+F4 | SimSun (subset) | MS Windows CJK fallback | | CIDFont+F5 | BatangChe (Korean) | Hangul text blocks | | CIDFont+F6 | ArialUnicodeMS | Mixed script, emoji, or rare symbols | cidfont f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 full
* 1 Introduction. Character codes and character names are both widely used in PostScript™ language programs to access font glyphs. GitHub Pages documentation CID font embedding - Help+Manual CJK fonts
Conclusion: Mastering CIDFonts for Professional Output
The F1 through F6 classification system is a masterpiece of font engineering, enabling reliable handling of scripts with vast character sets. While F5 is mostly obsolete and F6 is niche, F1 (Japanese), F2 (Simplified Chinese), F3 (Traditional Chinese), and F4 (Korean) remain the backbone of digital typography in East Asia. "CIDFont 'F1' is not found
- Character Set Size: Approximately 3,000 additional characters, primarily from JIS X 0212-1990 (a supplementary set).
- Typical Fonts: Rare as standalone fonts; often embedded as a secondary CIDFont in high-end publishing systems.
- Key Features: Contains rare Kanji (hyogaiji), historical variants, and specialized symbols. Important: Adobe-Japan2 is not a superset of Adobe-Japan1; it is a separate collection. To get full Japanese coverage, you may need both F1 and F6.
- Common CMap Names:
Add-H,Add-RKSJ-H,UniJIS2004-UTF16-H(when combined).
"CIDFont 'F1' is not found."